Genera Aon, Cirrhophanus & Basilodes

Genus AON Neumoegen (1) Aon noctuiformis Neumoegen, Plate XLI, Fig. 18, Male. This is not an uncommon moth in southern Texas. Genus CIRRHOPHANUS Grote (1) Cirrhophanus triangulifer Grote, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 2, Female. The insect varies considerably in size, the specimen depicted on the plate being rather small. It is not an uncommon species in the southern States, and is also found as far north as Pennsylvania. Genus BASILODES Guenee (1) Basilodes pepita Guenee, Plate XXVIII, Fig. 7, Female. The genus Basilodes contains a number of species which are all, with the single exception of this species, natives of the southwestern portions of our territory. The present species occurs from Pennsylvania to Florida and westward to Colorado. The insect has been occasionally taken in Pittsburgh.